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Federal Priorities:
- Penalize States That Maintain Criminalization: Support the Marijuana Justice Act
- Completely Decriminalize Federally: Support the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act
- Deschedule Marijuana: The Ending Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017
- Join the Caucus: Tell your Congressional Representative to join the recently formed federal Cannabis Caucus
- Veterans: Support Veterans Access To Medical Marijuana In 2018
- Data: Tell your Representative to support the Marijuana Data Collection Act
2018/2019 State Legislation: Legalization
- New! Illinois: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- New! Missouri: Marijuana Depenalization Effort
- New! New Jersey Legalization Effort: The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory and Expungement Aid Modernization Act
- New York: Tell your Lawmakers to Act on DoH Study Recommending Marijuana Legalization
- New York: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Pennsylvania: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- New! Wisconsin: Forthcoming Bill to Regulate Marijuana Sales for Social and Medical Uses
2018/2019 State Legislation: Decriminalization
- New! Indiana: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
- New! North Carolina: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
- Pennsylvania: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
- New! Texas: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
- New! Virginia: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
2018/2019 State Legislation: Medical
- New! California: Protect Compassionate Care Programs that Serve Indigent Patients
- District of Columbia: Legislation to Expand Medical Cannabis Access
- New! Indiana: Medical Marijuana Effort
- New! New Jersey: Legislation to Expand Medical Cannabis Access
- New Jersey: Medical Marijuana Reciprocity Effort
- New Jersey: Protect Medical Marijuana Patients from Employment Discrimination
- New! New York: Require Public Health Insurance to Cover Medical Marijuana
- New! Texas: Legislation to Allow Medical Cannabis Access
2018/2019 State Legislation: Other
- New! Illinois: Legislation to Allow Expungement of Past Marijuana Convictions
- New! Michigan: Legislation to Vacate Records For Past Marijuana Convictions
- New Jersey: Legislation to Allow Expungement of Marijuana Convictions
- New Jersey: Legislation to Protect Cannabis Consumers from Employment Discrimination
- New! New Jersey: Legislation to Expand Banking Options for Marijuana Businesses
- Pennsylvania: Resolution Urging Congress to Deschedule Marijuana
2018/2019 State Legislation NORML Opposes
Cannabis as the "Exit Drug" From Opioid Abuse:
- Advocacy: Tell the ONDCP Opioid Commission: Medical Marijuana as an Alternative
- Federal Lawmakers: Tell your federal lawmakers to acknowledge the role marijuana can play in reducing the opioid crisis
- State Lawmakers: Urge Your State Lawmakers to Acknowledge The Role of Cannabis in Combating the Prescription Drug Overdose Epidemic
- Colorado Task Force: Colorado Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Study Committee
- Nevada Task Force: Nevada's Opioid Task Force Considers Options
Additional Federal Efforts:
- Expungement: Support the RESPECT Resolution for Reparative Justice
- Seal Possession Records: Support the Clean Slate Act
- Bipartisan Restrictions On Jeff Sessions: The STATES Act To End Federal Enforcement In States That Legalized Medical or Adult-Use
- Employment Protections: Tell The Government Not To Drug Test For Marijuana In States Where It Is Legal
- Judicial: Protect Legal Marijuana from Federal Interference
- Legalization: The Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act Introduced (Senate and House Bill)
- Veterans: Legislation to Explicitly Authorize the Veterans Administration to Facilitate Medical Marijuana Research
- Medical: Legislation to Protect Lawful Marijuana Use From Housing Discrimination
- Medical: Legislation To Protect Medical Marijuana Patients Pending In Senate (CARERS Act)
- Judicial: End Arbitrary License Suspensions For Minor Marijuana Possession (The Better Drive Act)
- Economic: Legislation Pending To Halt Federal Forfeiture Actions Against Marijuana Facilities
- Economic: Legislation Pending To Cease Penalizing State-Compliant Marijuana Businesses Under the Federal Tax Code
- Economic: Support The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE Banking Act)
- Economic: Support the Sensible Enforcement Of Cannabis Act
- Economic: House and Senate Measures Seek to Protect Marijuana Businesses and Consumers
- Economic: The Stop Civil Asset Forfeiture Funding for Marijuana Suppression Act
- Hemp: Exclude Hemp From the Controlled Substances Act
- Research: Legislation Introduced to Facilitate Federally-Approved Cannabis Research
- Science: Legislation To Facilitate Medical Marijuana Research
2018 State Enacted Legislation
- Alaska: Industrial Hemp Pilot Program Legislation
- Arizona: Legislation to Establish Industrial Hemp Pilot Program
- California: Legislation to Automatically Expunge Past Marijuana Convictions
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Legislation to Legalize Marijuana
- Delaware: Legislation to Expand Medical Marijuana Program
- Delaware: Legislation to Expunge Past Cannabis Possession Convictions
- Georgia: Legislation to Expand Medical CBD Access
- Hawaii: Medical Marijuana Reciprocity Effort
- Illinois: Bill Authorizing Medical Cannabis Administration On School Grounds Signed Into Law
- Illinois: Industrial Hemp Expansion Legislation
- Illinois: Permit Doctors to Recommend Cannabis in Place of Opioids
- Indiana: Legislation to Expand CBD Access
- Kansas: Industrial Hemp Pilot Program Legislation
- Kansas: Legislation to Legalize the Retail Sale of CBD
- Louisiana: Legislation to Expand Medical Cannabis Program
- Maine: Legislation to Expand Medical Marijuana Access
- Maine: Legislation Implements Retail Adult Use Sales, Amends Home Grow Limits
- Maryland: Industrial Hemp Expansion Legislation
- Massachusetts: Marijuana Expungement Bill Provision Signed Into Law
- Missouri: Legislation to Allow Industrial Hemp Research
- New Hampshire: Legislation to Expand Patient Access
- New Jersey: Industrial Hemp Legislation
- New York: Permit Physicians to Recommend Cannabis in Place of Opioids
- Oklahoma: Industrial Hemp Pilot Program Legislation
- Pennsylvania: Governor Signs Law Eliminating License Suspension Penalty For Marijuana-Related Offenses
- Pennsylvania: Governor Signs Legislation Facilitating Medical Marijuana Research
- Rhode Island: Governor Signs Marijuana Expungement Legislation Into Law
- Utah: Legislation to Allow Medical Marijuana Research
- Utah: Medical Marijuana Compromise Legislation
- Vermont: Marijuana Depenalization Effort
- Virginia: Expand State's Medical CBD Law
2018 State Tabled / Defeated Legislation
- Alabama: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
- Alaska: Legislation to Seal Past Marijuana Convictions
- Alaska: Legislation to Expand Banking Options to Cannabis Businesses
- Alaska: Seeking Sanctuary State Status for Marijuana Operators
- Arizona: Legislation to Decriminalize Marijuana
- Arizona: Legislation to Obtain Sanctuary State Status
- Arizona: Legislation to Put Legalization on the Ballot
- Arizona: Legislation to Enhance Testing Procedures
- California: Protect Cannabis Delivery Services
- California: Legislation to Allow Medical Cannabis to be Administered to Patients in Schools
- California: Legislation to Expand Banking Options for Marijuana Businesses
- California: Legislation to make California a Marijuana Industry Sanctuary State
- California: Legislation to Temporarily Lower Cannabis Taxes
- California: Protect Cannabis Compassionate Care Programs for Needy Patients
- California: Protect Medical Marijuana Patients from Employment Discrimination
- Colorado: Legislation to Protect Medical Marijuana Patients from Employment Discrimination
- Connecticut: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Delaware: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Florida: Legislation to Allow Medical Marijuana Patients Legal Rights In Schools
- Florida: Legislation to Restore Patients’ Rights To Inhale Medical Marijuana
- Florida: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
- Florida: Medical Marijuana Reciprocity Effort
- Georgia: Legislature is Considering Decriminalization
- Georgia: Legislation to Expand Medical CBD Access
- Georgia: Legislation to Expand State's Limited Cannabis Oil Program
- Georgia: Legislation to Halt Civil Asset Forfeiture Actions
- Georgia: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Hawaii: Industrial Hemp Expansion Legislation
- Hawaii: Marijuana Decriminalization Measure Pending
- Hawaii: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Hawaii: Permit Doctors to Recommend Cannabis in Place of Opioids
- Hawaii: Tell Gov Ige To Sign Medical Marijuana Expansion
- Idaho: Legislation to Legalize CBD
- Illinois: Legislation to Expunge Past Cannabis Law Violations
- Illinois: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Indiana: Industrial Hemp Pilot Program Legislation
- Indiana: Medical Marijuana Legislation
- Iowa: Bill to Reduce Possession Penalty for First Time Offenders
- Iowa: Industrial Hemp Research Legislation
- Iowa: Legislation to Expand Medical CBD Program
- Kansas: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Kansas: Medical Marijuana Legislation
- Kentucky: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Kentucky: Medical Marijuana Legislation
- Louisiana: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
- Maryland: Legislation To Put Legalization On The Ballot
- Maryland: Legislation to Expand Decriminalization Law
- Maryland: Permit Doctors to Recommend Cannabis in Place of Opioids
- Massachusetts: Bill Seeking Sanctuary State Status for Marijuana Operators
- Michigan: Bill to Allow Patients to Travel with Medical Marijuana
- Minnesota: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Mississippi: Legislation to Decriminalize Marijuana
- Mississippi: Legislation to Legalize Medical Marijuana
- Mississippi: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Missouri: Legislation to Put Depenalization on the Ballot
- Missouri: Oppose Unscientific Zero Tolerance DUI Drug Legislation
- Missouri: Marijuana Depenalization Effort
- Missouri: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Nebraska: Industrial Hemp Pilot Program Legislation
- Nebraska: Medical Marijuana Legislation
- New Hampshire: Bill to Permit Home Cultivation of Medical Marijuana
- New Hampshire: Legislation to Allow Expungement of Certain Marijuana Convictions
- New Hampshire: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- New Hampshire: Oppose Additional Possession Penalties
- New Mexico: Legislation to Decriminalize Small Amounts of Marijuana Possession
- New Mexico: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- New Mexico: Permit Doctors to Recommend Cannabis in Place of Opioids
- North Carolina: Legislation to Expand Decriminalization Law
- Oklahoma: Legislative Effort to Preemptively Amend Pending Medical Marijuana Legislation
- Oklahoma: Establish the Oklahoma Cannabis Commission
- Rhode Island: Legislation to Put Legalization to a Public Vote
- Rhode Island: Legislation to Legalize Marijuana
- Rhode Island: Protect Medical Marijuana Patients from Employment Discrimination
- South Carolina: Medical Marijuana Legislation
- Tennessee: Legislation to Put Medical Marijuana Question on the Ballot
- Tennessee: Legislation to Establish Medical Marijuana Access
- Tennessee: Legislation to Regulate Medical Marijuana Extracts
- Tennessee: Medical Marijuana Exemption Bill
- Virginia: Legislation to Decriminalize Marijuana
- Vermont: Legislation to Tax and Regulate Marijuana
- Vermont: Legislation to Expunge Past Marijuana Convictions
- Washington: Legislation Pending to Permit Home Cultivation
- Washington: Legislation to Obtain Sanctuary State Status
- Washington: Legislation to Expand Banking Options for Marijuana Businesses
- West Virginia: Legislation to Expand State's Medical Marijuana Law
- West Virginia: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Wisconsin: Legislation to Allow Licensed CBD Production
Read the Full List of 2017 Approved and Enacted Legislation
